It’s becoming a worrying problem now, Wrexham’s lack of a clinical edge in front of goal, a level of profligacy that has cost them four points in their last two home games.

Manager Gary Mills was asked in the aftermath of the Boreham Wood win a week ago whether he would tempted into the loan market to address this concerning matter, the boss simply replying ‘possibly’.

He may have had his cards forced a little this week after seeing leading scorer James Gray ruled out for some time after breaking his hand when scoring what appeared a perfectly good goal – only to see it chalked out for offside – in the goalless draw in midweek with Grimsby Town.

That was the first time the Dragons had failed to register a goal all season, Mills’s men notching efforts from a number of different sources across the team.

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And it was also a rarity in that the Dragons also held firm at the other end, the back four doing well to marshal the highly thought of Omar Bogle.

Wrexham played with a panache, a real sense of style and tempo in the midweek stalemate, something that was sadly so missing in the defeat on Saturday to Eastleigh, a first loss at home of the National League campaign.

There was a spark missing from the start, a lethargic opening 45 minutes seeing Wrexham go in at half time 2-0 down thanks to goals from Jai Reason and a stunning effort from Andy Drury. Hardly an insurmountable deficit, but one that allows all visiting teams the luxury of sitting in deep and looking to pick off their opponents on the break.

But to Wrexham’s credit they didn’t allow for that, well certainly not while trailing, and a change of formation, one that Mills insists was untried and untested, at half time saw the Dragons – along with what we can only assume was a few choice words from the management team – saw the home side reinvigorated at the break.

A move to a formation with centre-halves and two wing-backs in Sean Newton and Javan Vidal saw Wrexham offer up a lot more width while leaving them less exposed at the back to the Spitfires counter-attack.

It worked too, Wrexham looking a lot more dangerous after the interval, albeit it must be noted they may still have been as potent having been shaken out of their first half funk at the break.

Wes York, one who was guilty of a couple of poor misses in the first half which ultimately did prove to be crucial, and Newton getting the goals to see Wrexham back on level terms.

At that stage there looked to be only one winner, Eastleigh – a side who were winless in five games and saw their manager walk away in midweek following a 5-2 thumping to Dover Athletic – appearing out on their feet as the Dragons bullied their way back into the contest.

There was a general feeling that a draw would have been a good result earlier in the match, but not at this stage as Wrexham sought the all-important winner.

But there is no doubt the Dragons would have taken a share of the spoils after the Spitfires regathered themselves, slowed the game down to their pace and notched what would turn out to be the winner, Joe Partington all too easily crossing into the Dragons box for Ben Strevens to get between Jamal Fyfield and Blaine Hudson and head home.

It was a hammer blow for the Dragons, yet they still had chances after that to have claimed a share of the spoils, the tail of the tape showing yet more missed chances proving costly.

And it is this level of profligacy that must be eradicated from the Dragons game.

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Earlier in the month the Dragons were ‘let off the hook’ by an Altrincham side who were incapable of creating much more than the one chance that fell their way, Michael Rankine firing home after a sporadic Robins attack. It meant Wrexham could afford to be so wasteful in front of goal, knowing they had a base at the back in which to work from.

That eroded in spectacular fashion on Saturday as a better team in Eastleigh punished the Dragons for their lack of a cutting edge, showing a ruthlessness themselves to claim the points, the visitors having two first half chances and clinically taking the both of them.

Three goals conceded at home, the first time the Dragons have allowed more than one in any of their previous six encounters at the Racecourse is also a major worry.

Lesser sides have not been able to punish the Dragons, Eastleigh are not a lesser side and did exactly what Mills has been warning his charges about for some time now.

With Gray now ruled out for a period following an operation on Friday on his hand, this disappointing result may well force Mills’s hand into looking outside the camp to arrest this worrying trend.